Recency bias is a persistent issue within the MMA world. It’s not something that raises its head every week there’s a UFC card, but it happens enough that the thing that seemed momentous on Saturday night appears a bit more pedestrian when Monday morning rolls around. I’m not saying that recency bias is the reason that Jiri Prochazka is favored over UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 275 pay-per-view card, but I think Prochazka might be getting a bit more shine than he has earned heading into this matchup.
In the lead up to his signing by the UFC, Prochazka had bested Jake Heun, Brandon Halsey, Muhammed Lawal, Fabio Maldonado and C.